Active Shooter

Call 9-911 from an on-campus phone or 911 from a cell phone to report an emergency that requires immediate assistance from police and rescue personnel.

If an Active Shooter is outside your building

• Proceed to a room that can be locked.
• Close and lock all windows and doors.
• Turn off the lights.
• Hide if possible, get on the floor away form doors and windows. Make sure no one is visible from outside the room.
• One person in the room should call 911.
• Report incident to the Office of Public Safety at 401.865.2222.
• Remain in place until police or a campus administrator gives the “all clear.”
• Once in a safe location, try to obtain any information that could assist the police, such as subject’s or suspects’ description, weapons, current location, and/or actions.

If the Active Shooter enters your building

• Lock the room you are in if you can.
• If the room can not be locked, try to safely get to a nearby location that can be secured.
• Exit the building if it is safe to do so.

If the Active Shooter enters the room you are in

• Remain calm.
• If possible, alert the Office of Public Safety or police.
• Run, Hide, Fight:
  • Run – escape.
  • Hide and shelter in place.
  • Negotiate with the shooter.
  • Fight – overpower the shooter.
  • If the shooter leaves the area, proceed to a safer location.

Under all circumstances

• If you decide to flee during an active shooter situation, make sure you have an escape route and plan.
• Do not carry anything while fleeing; move quickly, keep your hands visible, and follow the instructions of any police officers you may encounter.
• Do not attempt to remove injured people; instead leave wounded victims where they are and notify authorities of their location as soon as possible.
• Do not try to drive off campus until advised it is safe to so so by police or campus administrators.